Top 10 Armbars highlight video

The top 10 MMA armbars, featuring Sakuraba, Mir, Minotauro Nogueira, Fedor, and a crowd-pleasing classic from Rumina Sato at #1.

Andre Galvao vs Jeremiah Metcalf

You may remember Andre Galvao as the BJJ phenom who mega-pwned some honorless heel-hookin’ noob at this year’s World Jiu Jitsu Championships. Galvao made his MMA debut last Saturday against Strikeforce vet Jeremiah Metcalf at “Fighting 4 Kidz” in Santa Monica, and it was a thriller. Metcalf dominated for the first couple minutes, until Galvao showed that his hands are just as dangerous as his submissions. After softening up his opponent in the second round, Galvao snatched the inevitable armbar, causing Metcalf to tap.

UFC 90 Promo

UFC 90 Promo

Evan Tanner Dead

Former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner has been found dead in the Palo Verde mountain area of the southern California desert. The news was confirmed with Tanner’s manager, John Hayner, who said he learned just an hour ago that the body found was indeed Tanner. He was thirty-seven years old.

“He was in a real positive state of mind, he wasn’t having any drinking problems or any of those types of problems. He was really feeling good about his life,” Hayner told CagePotato.com.

Hayner said that Tanner had gone into the desert on a motorcycle expedition and had run out of gas. Tanner was attempting to walk out of the desert, Hayner said, but apparently didn’t realize how far away from civilization he was and died of exposure in the triple-digit heat. Tanner’s empty campsite was spotted Sunday, and an aerial search located his body earlier this afternoon.

A post written by Tanner on his Spike TV blog told of his planning for the trip, and emphasized his desire to bring only essentials in his escape to the solitude of the desert:

I’ve been gathering my gear for this adventure for over a month, not a long time by most standards, but far too long for my impatient nature. Being a minimalist by nature, wanting to carry only the essentials, and being extremely particular, it has been a little difficult to find just the right equipment. I plan on going so deep into the desert, that any failure of my equipment, could cost me my life. I’ve been doing a great deal of research and study. I want to know all I can about where I’m going, and I want to make sure I have the best equipment.

Hayner told of a man who “marched to a beat only he could hear,” but maintained a positive outlook on life.

“Here was a famous UFC fighter who didn’t have enough food to eat at times. I’d call him just to make sure he had food in his fridge, but he never let it get him down. Starting over was kind of a theme in his life. He hardly ever lived in the same place more than six months,” Hayner said. “He moved out to Vegas and then found it too shallow for him, so he moved out to Oceanside and had a great place, he was learning to surf, and he was really enjoying his day-to-day life.”

Here’s a highlight video of Evan Tanner in his honor:

Matt Serra Interview

Matt Serra Interview

Greg Jackson on Lidell Knockout

Greg Jackson discusses Rashad Evans’ highlight reel KO of Chuck Liddell

UFC 88 Post Fight Press Conference

UFC 88 Post Fight Press Conference

Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans post fight interviews

Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans UFC 88 post fight interviews

Rich Franklin and Matt Hamill post fight interviews

Rich Franklin and Matt Hamill UFC 88 post fight interviews

Dan Henderson and Nate Marquardt post fight interviews

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Dan Henderson and Nate Marquardt UFC 88 post fight interviews

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